Carol Zimmermann, Author at Crux

Catholic college leaders reach out to DACA students in uncertain times
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- September 17, 2017
Patricia McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University, said she spoke to the 100 DACA students, or “Dreamers,” at her school after the announcement that the program was ending and they were “extremely stressed out” and particularly worried for their families because their work permits are often the sole source of family income.
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Florida’s Key West residents seek Irma protection at Marian grotto
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- September 9, 2017
Hurricane Irma is making its way to Florida, and it is the biggest storm on record. But some of the residents of Key West will stay, because they feel protected by a grotto, Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, on the grounds of the Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea. People say that as long as the grotto stands, Key West will be protected from the full impact of a hurricane.
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Charlottesville’s Catholic students ready to heal wounds, chaplain says
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 18, 2017
Although the University of Virginia campus had not started its fall semester and new and returning students had not moved in August 12 when a white supremacist rally was taking place in Charlottesville, there were still some students on campus as well as faculty and staff, and about 250 of them gathered for a prayer vigil and rosary for peace August 13 at St. Thomas Aquinas, the university’s parish church.
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Church leaders hope tax credit scholarships move to federal level

With vouchers, parents receive funds directly from the state to pay for part, or all, of their child’s education. Scholarship tax credits remove the state as middle man since corporations or donors contribute to scholarship grant organizations charged with dispersing funds to families for tuition payments. For these contributions, the companies and other donors receive a tax credit.

Health care laws must begin and end with human person, bishop says

Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, said the bishops remain hopeful that the U.S. congress can come together and reform healthcare in a way that ensures it remains accessible and affordable as well as protect all human life.

U.S. bishop urges Senate to remedy health care after vote to proceed

After the Republican senate voted to proceed to debate their version of a healthcare bill, Bishop Frank J. Dewane released a statement saying the “current proposals are simply unacceptable as written, and any attempts to repeal the ACA (Affordable Care Act) without a concurrent replacement is also unacceptable.”